Table 3 Results of hierarchical multiple linear regressions, including factors related to anxiety and depression

Age (years)

0.007

0.034

0.014

0.839

0.028

0.029

0.064

0.331

Marital duration (years)

− 0.154

0.108

− 0.162

0.155

-0.206

0.093

-0.246

0.028

Job (employed vs housewife)

− 0.760

0.804

− 0.069

0.346

-0.276

0.697

-0.028

0.693

Educational level (academic vs non-academic)

− 0.329

0.643

− 0.038

0.609

-1.137

0.557

-0.148

0.042

Infertility duration (years)

0.133

0.114

0.134

0.246

0.188

0.099

0.214

0.059

 Male factor (Ref)

 Female factor

1.110

0.731

0.108

0.131

1.500

0.634

0.165

0.019

 Both

− 0.094

0.763

− 0.009

0.902

0.769

0.661

0.079

0.246

 Unknown

1.454

0.916

0.111

0.114

1.808

0.794

0.157

0.024

Previous treatment failures (yes vs. no)

0.058

0.619

0.006

0.925

0.567

0.536

0.071

0.291

History of abortion (yes vs. no)

1.477

0.689

0.144

0.033

0.361

0.597

0.040

0.546

Model characteristics

Self-blame

0.094

0.089

0.082

0.293

0.139

0.078

0.138

0.077

Acceptance

− 0.167

0.074

− 0.146

0.026

-0.042

0.065

-0.042

0.518

Rumination

0.322

0.094

0.271

0.001

0.113

0.083

0.107

0.177

Positive refocusing

− 0.250

0.101

− 0.234

0.014

-0.145

0.089

-0.153

0.106

Refocus on planning

− 0.147

0.103

− 0.130

0.156

-0.203

0.091

-0.203

0.027

Positive reappraisal

0.064

0.097

0.061

0.509

0.009

0.085

0.009

0.919

Putting into perspective

0.036

0.087

0.031

0.679

-0.051

0.076

-0.051

0.502

Catastrophizing

0.160

0.091

0.146

0.080

0.081

0.080

0.083

0.314

Other-blame

0.084

0.093

0.062

0.365

0.108

0.082

0.090

0.188

Model characteristics